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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
7
The Trust Company Come to Stay executes all trusts of courts corporations or individuals at moderate charges. It has great advantages over the individual trustee. Persons contemplating making wills or trusts will do well to consult this company.
A M Fletcher Banker transacts general banking business receiving deposits draft for withdrawal dividends collected remitted acts as fiscal agent for corporations and negotiates securities for railroads and other companies deals in government bonds and other investment securities accounts of banks bankers corporations and individuals solicited
Chicago May 1 report shows George G. Phillips engineering a large May corn deal paying cash for 2.6 million bushels and lifting prices to near 4c while July options gain. May corn and oats are brought to new highs as futures react to strong grains, with wheat also firm and meat prices rising.
Partial text mentions prices such as six fifty five per pound and six fifty five dollars, with references to packages, crude, yellow sugar, molasses, and refining terms. No clear event or people identifiable. reads as stray notes from a refinery or trade sheet with mixed terms and garbled names.
A wide price rundown across commodities and futures in St Louis and other markets. Grain, pork, lard, and whiskey prices are listed with receipts and shipments. regional quotes for flour, corn, oats, and wheat. cotton and wool notes from Boston and New York. pork and bacon values in Chicago and Cincinnati. and spirits of turpentine and rosin in several ports.
Metale steady in St. Louis on May 1 as prices quoted. Certificates issued to Indiana names include Ort I John M Huffman Rockport Charles W Berson Jeffersonville for restoration and additions Frederick Hawk dead Montpelier for renewal Henry Brown Lafayette for renewals and increases to Richard M Nash Poseyville James Dailey Marion Conrad Fuerst Connerville Samuel Rutledge Kaleen Thomas C Thompson Sweetser Henry W Perry Braz Martin Helpman Bourbon James Gilbreth Dugger rental April 3 Robert W Seager Frankfort Original Widows Lucy Alexander Petersburg Marranda Hawk Montpelier Susan Maldwin Ten Albany April 2 minor of William P Craven Mount Vernon $20.
A Chicago Times-Herald piece presents a verse imagining Hetty Green paired with Pierpont Morgan and Pierpont Morgan as a counterpart to Hetty. The couplets revel in wealth and mutual enterprise spanning grim days to bright ones, the imagined scenario placing royal power on a throne of flowers and perpetual money making.
Union Pacific led trading with a strong open and steady gains, then wild fluctuations as price climbed to 129 before a sharp retreat. The session saw Northern Pacific and New York Central rise, while the market overall stayed active, with heavy bond activity and 11,995,000 dollars in par value sales.
On Meridian street activity rose with May seen stronger than April for dry goods, wholesale growers, hardware, and commission row. Prices varied across staples with oranges ample, lemons firmer, potatoes slow, and a broad range of grain and produce prices listed by the Board of Trade, including wheat, corn, oats, hay, and provisions.
Market reports from Chicago Kansas City New York St. Louis and other hubs show cattle receipts strong with varied demand. Texans trading steady to higher while hogs and sheep move near steady, with prices listed for steers cows calves and lambs across multiple exchanges.
May 1 Union Stockyards Indianapolis reports Cattle receipts 8 shipments fair with prices about 20 lower. Hog receipts 6 000 with prices down about 20c per 100 lbs. Sheep receipts 4 000 with active trade and steady prices. Prices shown for various grades include steers 5.00 to 6.00, hogs 5.60 to 6.77, lambs around 4.75 to 5.0, and sheep near 4.00 to 4.30. Interstate stockyards also note steady demand and exhausted supply with most sales around 5.00 to 5.40 for prime steers.
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